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Essay On Philosophical Method
R. G. Collingwood
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Description for Essay On Philosophical Method
Paperback. James Connelly and Giuseppina D'Oro present a new edition of R. G. Collingwood's classic work of 1933, supplementing the original text with important related writings from Collingwood's manuscripts which appear here for the first time. The editors also contribute a substantial new introduction. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPL; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
An Essay on Philosophical Method contains the most sustained discussion in the twentieth century of the subject matter and method of philosophy and an unparalleled explanation of why philosophy has a distinctive domain of enquiry that differs from that of the sciences of nature. This new edition of the Essay focuses on Collingwood's contribution to metaphilosophy and locates his argument for the autonomy of philosophy against the twentieth century trend to naturalize its subject matter. Collingwood argues that the distinctions which philosophers make, for example, between the concepts of duty and utility in moral philosophy, or between the concepts of ... Read more
An Essay on Philosophical Method contains the most sustained discussion in the twentieth century of the subject matter and method of philosophy and an unparalleled explanation of why philosophy has a distinctive domain of enquiry that differs from that of the sciences of nature. This new edition of the Essay focuses on Collingwood's contribution to metaphilosophy and locates his argument for the autonomy of philosophy against the twentieth century trend to naturalize its subject matter. Collingwood argues that the distinctions which philosophers make, for example, between the concepts of duty and utility in moral philosophy, or between the concepts of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
Number of Pages
494
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199544936
SKU
V9780199544936
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About R. G. Collingwood
James Connelly is Professor of Political Thought at Southampton Solent University Giuseppina D'Oro is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University
Reviews for Essay On Philosophical Method
Review from previous edition This extremely handsome and well-produced new edition of the Essay on Philosophical Method is a welcome and very worthy addition to the series of books of Collingwood's writings currently being published by Oxford University Press.'
Rex Martin, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies
...often considered to be Collingwood's best book both in terms of content ... Read more
Rex Martin, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies
...often considered to be Collingwood's best book both in terms of content ... Read more